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Shifty Shellshock, frontman for the band Loopy City, has died at age 49.
Shellshock, who was born Seth Binzer, was discovered lifeless at his house on Monday, June 24, in keeping with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s web site. A reason behind loss of life was not given.
“Seth Binzer was a brave fighter,” a rep for Shellshock informed Us Weekly on Tuesday, June 25. “So stuffed with expertise, gentle, compassion, love and beauty. He shall be missed by so many. He was a kind of souls that was magnetic. We’ll miss you, Seth. Thanks in your abilities and contributions to our music business. We had been all blessed to have had you.”
Shellshock cofounded rap rock band Loopy City with Bret “Epic” Mazur in 1995. The group’s 2000 single “Butterfly” catapulted the group to fame and have become their largest hit, peaking at No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100. The tune additionally helped their debut album, The Reward of Recreation, climb to No. 9 on the Billboard 200 greater than a yr after its launch.
Loopy City launched their second album, Darkhorse, in 2002 however broke up after the album failed to achieve the heights of The Reward of Recreation. Two years later, Shellshock launched his debut solo album, Completely satisfied Love Sick. The band later reformed and launched their third album, The Brimstone Sluggers, in 2015.
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All through his profession, Shellshock was open about his struggles with substance abuse, showing on two seasons of VH1’s Celeb Rehab and two seasons of the follow-up collection Sober Home.
In 2012, Shellshock was sentenced to 3 years probation for battery and possession of crack cocaine. “I wish to sincerely apologize to the events concerned,” he informed TMZ on the time. “I really feel very unhealthy for individuals who I’ve offended and those that have endured this case.”
A rep for the singer, in the meantime, mentioned he can be coming into rehab. “Seth has utterly modified his life round and has checked right into a extremely regarded drug and alcohol remedy heart the place he shall be working with them to restructure his life over the subsequent two years,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Loopy City was beforehand rocked by tragedy in 2009 when the band’s former turntablist DJ AM (born Adam Goldstein) died of an unintentional drug overdose at age 36. Goldstein was a member of the band from 1999 to 2001. In 2008, he and Travis Barker had been the one two survivors of a airplane crash that killed the opposite 4 folks on board.
